A wonderful Sunday!

Wow what a cool ancient place Big Rock is! Can just imagine
all the many people and critters over the ages passing by and
stopping there. The cave is interesting, wonder what's under
the modern petroglyphs. Ancient rock art was more for
timekeeping and navigation. Todays markings are perhaps
rock selfies, kilroy was here lol
The third photo from the top looks somewhat like
a alligator with the cave as its eye.
Awesome photographs of this wonderful place @melinda010100!
So glad you had such a beautiful day there before the rains.

Happy boulder Sunday 2U! :-)

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melinda010100 (73) 6 years ago

You gotta love a rock with a good story!

The graffiti is definitely rock selfies. I read once that many of the petroglyphs may have been recreations of facial tattoos or the style of paint markings a person decorated his face with. Since there was no written language it was a way of showing that they had attended a gathering of the tribes or important meeting.

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molometer (69) 6 years ago

You see, this is why a local person's knowledge beats all. This massive rock has influenced the whole area. From initially being a safe place to cross the river to:-

This is most likely the rock that the Rock River and Rock County were named after.

Looking at the rock more closely it looks like sedimentary rock. It was once the sea bed or a lake bed and you are right.

In 500 years the graffitti will be looked at in wonder and awe. Who wre these artists/humans? What message were they trying to convey?

Or is it as simple as some people wanting to leave their mark to show others that they existed?

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melinda010100 (73) 6 years ago

You are exactly right. 18,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, Wisconsin was covered by a prehistoric lake. All of this limestone formed and is the predominant rock found throughout the state.

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molometer (69) 6 years ago

I bet it's a great place for fossil hunting? Plenty of Mammoth's for sure.

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c0ff33a (72) 6 years ago

Nice rocks! I’m liking the idea of #bouldersunday but there are not so many boulders near me so it might be a once every so often thing.

The cave is fascinating though - and the question has to be does the graffiti ruin it or enhance it. To be honest I think the cave is unique because of the graffiti- it might be jumbled and random but it is unique.

Amazing and informative, thank you for sharing this as your #sublimesunday

#thealliance #witness

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melinda010100 (73) 6 years ago

Thanks! I agree about the graffiti. I don't find it any more offensive than ancient petroglyphs!

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frejboe (55) 6 years ago

So beautiful rock formations! Nature is really a beautiful thing.

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